Rochester Main Street moves in new direction
ROCHESTER Rochester Main Street is retooling for 2021, refocusing its efforts on ways to support local businesses while uniting and emboldening the different groups working to move the Lilac City forward.
The changes are born out of the COVID-19 pandemic and out of public criticisms involving the nonprofit organization, according to Mike Guillette and Matt Wyatt. Guillette and Wyatt are the respective president and secretary of Main Street’s all-volunteer board.
“We’re trying to connect the dots as much as possible. We want to be working together on these efforts,” said Wyatt. “We’d like to take the next year to really show what Main Street can do when we work together, when we reach out to our businesses and when we take public input seriously.”
Subzero temps don t stop vendors, shoppers and music at Rochester Farmers Market
Keeping plants alive with blankets and shoveling snow in May are just a couple things that year-round vendors at the Rochester Farmers Market do to stay operating during a typical Minnesota winter. 5:00 am, Feb. 15, 2021 ×
Monica Brossard and her younger sister, Carmen, work at the Monica s Lefse & Preserves stand during the Feb. 6 Rochester Farmers Market. (Noah Fish / Agweek)
ROCHESTER, Minn. The high temperature during the first weekend Rochester Farmers Market in February was 2 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in La Crosse, Wis., The Rochester community is very hardy, said Abby Shepler, manager of the Rochester Farmers Market, on Feb. 6. We re still going to get out here and support local farmers when we can, despite any weather.